[myknowledge]

Combat Aircraft Order of Battle - Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF)

82 x F-15C/D Eagle

72 x Eurofighter Typhoon (6 delivered)

71 x F-15S Strike Eagle

110 x F-5A/B Freedom Fighter

111 x Panavia Tornado ADV/IDS

Total: 446 combat aircraft

Combat Aircraft Order of Battle - United Arab Emirates Air Force (UAEAF)

79 x F-16E/F Desert Falcon

68 x Dassault Mirage 2000

Total: 141 combat aircraft

Combat Aircraft Order of Battle - Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF)

20 x F-14A Tomcat

40 x MiG-29A/UB Fulcrum

47 x F-4D/E Phantom II

11 x Dassault Mirage F1EQ

65 x F-5A/B/E/F Freedom Fighter/Tiger II

24 x Su-24MK Fencer

13 x Su-25K Frogfoot

16 x HESA Saeqeh

24 x F-7M Airguard

Total: 260 combat aircraft

Now we can clearly see who has the most superior air force of the three. Together, the RSAF and UAEAF have the edge in quantity and quality. They can wipe the IRIAF from the skies in A2A combat.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

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[historyrepeatz]

Is the “extra wide” fuselage for additional fuel?

[sukhoi-30mki]

Their Mirages are their best strike platforms-equipped with the Black Shahine cruise missiles.

And the UAE is looking for a customised Rafale variant-up to 60 of them.

[Joe Boucher]

very good, informative post myknnowledge,
Thanks

Things ok in Sydney?

[Sherman Logan]

The Americans also work with UAE commanders to figure out what kind of surprises the Iranians might try to pull. Arab nations fear the Iranians, who have dominated the region for thousands of years, and have a long history of coming up with imaginative tactics, and using them aggressively and often with success.

No clairvoyance required. The Iranians would have to kill the Arab planes on the ground, as happened at Pearl and in the Six Day War.

[SolidWood]

The Iranian Air Force is one of the few air forces with battle-hardened veterans who actually participated in air-to-air combat... and the only one which did it succesfully for 8 years against an internationally pumped up Iraq... with increasing material and logistical difficulties.

The Gulf Arab “militaries” are mercenary forces consisting of South Asian slaves. The Arabs actually don’t lift a finger.

Odds are that if the shit hits the fan, the Arabs will ask us to fight for them. They will foot the bill at best.

Buying modern toys isn’t enough.

[G8 Diplomat]

Yes the UAE *can* defeat Iran—technologically, anyway—but *will* they? No.

The Gulf Arabs want Israel to do it so that Israel gets hit with the retaliation from Hamas, Hezbollah, & Syria, and they don’t have to do anything except sit back and watch their two regional enemies become crippled and exhausted.

[PapaBear3625]

Screw the numbers games. A fight will be won by the side that is willing to engage the enemy, and that is the big unknown until show time.